It is shown that soda‐lime glass powders (d < 100 µm) with a content of CaO ranging from 15 to 20 wt‐% are strong inorganic biocide agents, with a logarithm of reduction > 4, versus Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria, and yeasts. First, the glass particles are attached to the cell membrane; then, the Ca2+ lixiviated from the glass particles surface brings about membrane depolarization and subsequent death of the cells.
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